Sash-cord fastener



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No. 469,691. Patented M 1,1892.

- UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

SASH coRD FAsTENER.

1 licatio11 d e 15, 1891.

It is in the nature of anin1 roven1ent u on devioeS of the San1o sort shown and fuHy desoribed in patentS forITlerly granted to Tne in 450,667, dated A ril 21, 1891. In both of theSe patentS the main fetureS of the fSt ening devioe oonSist in a blook oontaining a aring Slot and Wedge fitted to Said Slot, the

ribbon boing Seoured to the Same by paSSing it through the Slot froIn the narrow end there of, the]1 1ooping it baok upon itSelf and baok through tho Slot, inSerting the Wedge in the loop, and draWing it tightly into the S1ot. vVhile the bove devioes hve been fonnd eX- oeedingly SatiSfaotofy, yet there iS Some objeotion to the 1]Se of looSe vvedge, and it iS m ur oSe t0 overcome thiS objection in m preSent invention, nd a,1So to StiH fnTther re- Inove aH poSSibility of the SHppingof the rib bon in the faStening. I ooompHsh the firSt of Said objeotS by providing the Wedge With Slot or eye throngh Whioh the ribbon iS pSSed before the loop iS formed and vhioh prevents the Wedge from fHin out of the Tibbon. The Seoond objeot iS attined by a ohoge in the nnner in vvhiob the ribbon iS applied, sid ohange reSulting in the formtion of a reverSe bend therein.

In the droWin s, Fi ureS 1 a d 2 illustrate my fstening iI1 itS perfeoted form, Fig. 1 be ing a. Side vieW of the Same adapted fo1 atmoh- Inent to a saShWeight and Eig. 2 a Seotion in 1ine 2 2 of Eig. 1. Eig. 3 iHoStrateS a modifioatio]1 Whioh haS portion, bnt not all, of the dvntgeS of tho preferfed form.

In the gufeS, iS at meta1 ribbon, B neta1 blook oontoining a flaring Slot, and 0 aJ Wedging -body, pfeferably double- Wodge Shped and 1itted to the S1ot. In the lower seTio1 Nol 396 233l (No Inodell) portion of the vvedge 0 Slot o iS formed, of SI1ffloient v idth to reoeive the ribbon f1.

In applying the fStening the ribbon iS in- Serted into the narrow end of the S1ot in the blook, pSSed throngh the 1tter, then pSsed through tho slot o in the wedge nd looped bokWard through tho slot in the blook, ano the wedge then drWn tightly into the latter.

In ig. 3 the ribbon iS Seen S enoiroling the greatef portioI1 of the Wedge and em braoed betWeen both sideS of the SIno nd the blook B, the fStening thnS Seoured being subStnti1ly the same as that Shown in tn forleI patentS above referred to, the iIn )fove nlent being that in handling the fastening to put it together or take it apart the vvodge 0 onnot fall out of the loop in the ribbon, an aooident whioh iS often very annoying, inS- Tnuoh as the Wedge vvi11 fTequently fa11 into inaooeSSible plaoeS aDd be loSf.

FigS. 1 and 2 illuStrate an addition1 im provement, in vvhioh the ribbon Z1, after being paSSed through the Slot o, iS bent baok- Ward adronnd tho baJSe of tho wedge, ond then upwrd nd throngh the slot in the blook, u on the Same Side aS the nlain or su orting Strand of the ribbon. ThiS enables an addi tional bend in the ribbon to be forn1ed, and t the Sme tim brin s the two StraIlds of the ribbon together, oanSing the Short end thereof to afford SoIne proteotion to tho Suppofting-Strand t the point whero it leaJves the blook B.

1 olaiIn alS new and deSire to Seoure by IetterS Patent A faStening for1netal ribbonS, oonsisting of blook oontaining a flaJring Slot, a slotted vvedging-body dpted to enteI the slot in the blook, and nTetal ribbon Seonred to the sanle by pSSing it through tho slot in the blook fron1 the nrroW to the Wide end, thenoe through tho slot in the vvedging-body, thenoo baok tbrongh the S1ot in t11e blook, and then draJWiDg the Wedging-body tightly into the latter slot, SubStntia11y aS deSoribed.

BIoHABD M. GARDNEB. 

